tangent is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

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Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE)

(differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
• Synonym: tangent line
(math) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
• I believe we went off onto a tangent when we started talking about monkeys on unicycles at his retirement party.

Adjective (NOT COMPARABLE)

(geometry) Touching a curve at a single point but not crossing it at that point.
Of a topic, only loosely related to a main topic.
(railroading of track) Straight; not horizontally curved.
• The collision occurred on a two-mile stretch of tangent track.

tangent is a Scrabble valid word

• International English (Sowpods) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• US English (TWL06) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✓
• 8 points

tangent is an iScramble valid word

• The word is valid in iScramble ✓
• 28 points

tangent is an QuickWords valid word

• The word is valid in QuickWords ✓
• 28 points

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Same letters words (Anagrams)

• none

Same letters plus one

• TANGENTS

Same letters minus one

• ANNETT
• GANNET
• GATTEN
• TATENG
• TENANT